Let’s assume you are right, Jean, and he was “thinking” then, I am sorry, I don’t like his thinking. I find his “solution” quite scary – think, if I had been the parent, I’d scratch my head and reach for a large glass of white wine to recover from the shock whilst trying to work out where I went wrong.
I truly wish I could turn the years back and set the Angel that task same age (not that I ever did set him silly tasks) and see how he’d have reacted. He’d have probably turned left, pulled the emergency brake before gently lifting that person onto his train and given her a ride to the next mental clinic. Or he would have just plain refused to go either left or right. But then he isn’t called the Angel for nothing.
He wasn’t thinking the way the adult was. His goal was to knock over as many “people” as he could. His thinking was to move the one person over to join the crowd.
like watching them knock over a stack of blocks after they have diligently or YOU have diligently piled up. 🙂 I think they like the action of it.
doubt if he is relating it to actual people on the tracks.
Let’s assume you are right, Jean, and he was “thinking” then, I am sorry, I don’t like his thinking. I find his “solution” quite scary – think, if I had been the parent, I’d scratch my head and reach for a large glass of white wine to recover from the shock whilst trying to work out where I went wrong.
I truly wish I could turn the years back and set the Angel that task same age (not that I ever did set him silly tasks) and see how he’d have reacted. He’d have probably turned left, pulled the emergency brake before gently lifting that person onto his train and given her a ride to the next mental clinic. Or he would have just plain refused to go either left or right. But then he isn’t called the Angel for nothing.
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He wasn’t thinking the way the adult was. His goal was to knock over as many “people” as he could. His thinking was to move the one person over to join the crowd.
His solution is appropriate for his age. It is delightful to see how young children develop. Everything is a learning experience!
I agree. 🙂
Exactly as a child should act.
Yes.
like watching them knock over a stack of blocks after they have diligently or YOU have diligently piled up. 🙂 I think they like the action of it.
doubt if he is relating it to actual people on the tracks.
The cute touch was moving the one “person” over so he had more to knock off the tracks.
I agree.
He just saw blocks to knock off the track.
They weren’t “people” to him.
Agreed.